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Back seat less safe: Australian study

Adults who ride in the back of new cars are at higher risk of serious injury during an accident than those in the front seat, new research has found.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Chevy Spark: A mighty tiny car

Growth has long been Detroit's mantra, but now the industry is surviving by thinking small. I'm writing this from Germany, where gasoline costs $7 or $8 a gallon (you thought $4 was high!) and a Jetta is a ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Company offers first independently controlled auto A/C system

(Phys.org) -- Automobile air conditioner maker Denso Corporation has announced a first for cars, an air conditioning system that allows for true independent heating and cooling of driver, passenger and back seat areas, resulting ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

On the hunt for mathematical beauty

For anyone who has ever taken a commercial flight, it’s an all-too-familiar scene: Hundreds of passengers sit around waiting for boarding to begin, then rush to be at the front of the line as soon as ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Dropbox co-founder aims to build his own Google, not sell to them

Four years ago, Drew Houston was just another super-smart hacker with ambitions of starting his own company.

Technology / Business

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Engineers unleash car-seat identifier that reads your rear end

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cars of the future may use the driver’s rear end as identity protection, through a system developed at Japan’s Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology. A report surfaced earlier ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 25, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 22 | with audio podcast report

Feds urge states to ban texting, talking on roads

(AP) -- Ren Bishop is one of many American drivers who texts, tweets and talks on her cellphone while she's behind the wheel - and thinks it should be up to drivers to use their discretion when it comes to ...

Technology / Other

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Lying and sitting more comfortably

(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone confined to a wheelchair or a bed has to deal with numerous complications. Frequently, they suffer from bedsores or decubitus ulcers as physicians call them. Bony prominences, such ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Foldable robot scooter wows at Tokyo Motor Show

A foldable robot scooter controlled by a smart phone wowed visitors to the Tokyo Motor Show on Thursday as its makers unveiled what they hope will be the future of urban driving.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Paris airport tests 'virtual' boarding agents

An airport in France is experimenting with "virtual" boarding agents in a bid to jazz up its terminals with 21st century avatars who always smile, don't need breaks and never go on strike.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 5

DeltaWing concept car to race at Le Mans

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Le Mans endurance race is a 24-hour competition that features cars that typically have an engine that comes in at over five liters. One team, known as the Project 56 group, has created ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog


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